Theatre, performance, and nonverbal aesthetics in urban Zimbabwe:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS * I
INTRODUCTION 1
PARTI
CONTEXT OF ZIMBABWEAN CULTURE AND THEATRE
1. THE 'POPULAR THEATRE' DEBATE IN AFRICA 24
2. SONG AND DANCE IN ZIMBABWEAN CULTURE 38
2.1. GENERAL REMARKS 38
2.2. A BRIEF POLITICAL HISTORY OF SONG 39
2.3. FORM AND FUNCTION 43
3. THE COMMUNITY THEATRE MOVEMENT 48
3.1. TERMINOLOGICAL PROBLEMS 48
3.2. SOME DEFINITIONS 49
3.3. PRE-INDEPENDENCE INFLUENCES ON COMMUNITY-THEATRE 50
3.4. POST-INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY 53
3.5. IDEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC THRUST 54
3.6. THE GROUPS: STRUCTURES AND PROBLEMS 57
3.6.1. AGE AND GENDER 57
3.6.2. 'URBAN SPACE', POPULAR VENUES, AND THE PROBLEM OF GENDER 59
3.6.3. ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC 61
3.6.4. DONOR AGENCIES, COMMISSIONED PLAYS, CAMPAIGN THEATRE 64
3.7. AUDIENCES 67
3.7.1. AUDIENCE, CLASS AND PERFORMANCE VENUE 67
3.7.2. PARTICIPATION ^PRODUCTION CONTEXT) 69
3.7.3. PARTICIPATION (PERFORMANCE) 72
3.8. EMERGING PARADIGMS 77
4. THEATRICAL ORGANISATIONS 79
4.1. THE NATIONAL THEATRE ORGANISATION (NTO) 80
4.2. ZIMBABWE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE (ZACT) 95
4.3. OTHERS 98
BIBLIOGRAFISCHE INFORMATIONEN
HTTP://D-NB.INFO/950555924
5. CONTROVERSIES
103
5.1. COMPETITION
103
5.1.1. THE POLITICAL NATURE OF COMPETITION
5.1.2. THE NTO WINTERFESTIVAL
5.1.3. ARGUMENTS AGAINST COMPETITION
5.1.4. THE ALTERNATIVE FESTIVAL
5.1.5. BADG'S POLICY ON COMPETITION
5.1.6. THE SITUATION NOW
103
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111
5.2. NATIONAL THEATRE
5.3. SOME CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
115
117
PART II
PERFORMANCE
THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE
1. "THE REVOLUTION BETRAYED": CHEVHU NDECHEVHU'S
ANIMAL FARM
IN THE ZIMBABWEAN CONTEXT
1.1. PERFORMANCE CONTEXT
1.1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE GROUP
1.1.2. TARGET AUDIENCE
1.1.3. THE MAKING OF THE PLAY
1.1.4. THE PLAY AND THE ORIGINAL
1.2. THE PERFORMANCE
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AR^ ?NOD / COLONISATION AND FIRST LIBERATION WAR (SCENE 2) 127
1.2.2. SECOND WAR OF LIBERATION: CHIMURENGA SONP, SLOGANS
AND SPEECHES (SCENE 3) ^2
1.2.3. AFTER INDEPENDENCE: STAGNATION INSTEAD OF PROGRESS 136
1.2.4. THE PRESENT: THE BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNICATION 141
13. THE AUDIENCE
142
1.3.1. GENERAL REMARKS
1.3.2. DIRECT ACTING
1.3.3. THE USE OF SPACE
1.3.4. PRE- AND POST-PERFORMANCE CONTEXT
142
142
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144
1.4. CONCLUSION
145
2. "JIM COMES TO JO'BURG": AMAKHOSI'S
DABULAP
147
2.1. PERFORMANCE CONTEXT
147
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1.1. FROM KARATE TO THEATRE: THE HISTORY OF AMAKHOSI
}'?YY AND CULTURE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MAKOKOBA
1.3. THE PLAY AND ITS SOCIAL BACKGROUND
147
150
153
2.2. THE PERFORMANCE 155
2.2.1. THE DIFFERENT USES OF MIME 159
2.2.1.1. SUBSTITUTING CHARACTERS OR PROPS 160
2.2.1.2. MIME, DANCE AND GESTURE 162
2.2.1.3. MIME AND SONG 165
2.2.1.4. THE BORDER-CROSSING MIMES 168
2.2.2. DIRECTING THE AUDIENCE THROUGH SONG AND DANCE 171
2.2.3. SONGS AS SOCIAL PROTEST * 176
2.2.4. SONGS AS CARRIERS OF EMOTION AND TRIGGERS OF ACTION 180
3. "HIE CONSEQUENCES OF ESAP": TOWNSHIP ARTISTS WITH
TOWNSHIP POVERTY 184
3.1 PERFORMANCE CONTEXT 184
3.1.1. AMAKHOSI'S INFLUENCE ON OTHER DRAMA GROUPS 184
3.1.2. THE FORMATION OF TOWNSHIP ARTISTS 185
3.1.3. THE PLAY 186
3.1.3.1. PRODUCTION 186
3.1.3.2. CONTENT 189
3.1.3.3. FORMAL STRUCTURE 190
3.2. THE PERFORMANCE 192
3.2.1. CRIES OF PAIN: THE SONGS OF CHARLIE'S MOTHER 192
3.2.2. BACKGROUND MUSIC 196
3.2.3. TRANSFORMATION AND EXTEMALISATION OF EMOTIONS:
THE DANCES IN TOWNSHIP POVERTY 198
3.2.4. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF DANCE
AND THE NARRATIVE 204
3.3. CONCLUSION 205
4. "DEATH AND LAUGHTER" INDABA'S AIDS PLAY
ZVAKAMUWANAWO (IT ALSO BEFELL HIM) 207
4.1. PERFORMANCE CONTEXT 207
4.1.1. THE GROUP 207
4.1.2. THE PLAY 208
4.2. THE PERFORMANCE 211
4.2.1. A NEW GENRE: THE AIDS COMEDY 211
4.2.2. STEREOTYPES OF THE URBAN MILIEU 213
4.2.2.1. BOOZERS, BRAGGARTS, WOMANISERS:
DHILITITI, COOPER, AND PETER 213
4.2.2.2. THE PROSTITUTES: FEBBY AND SIFELANI 216
4.2.2.3. "THE SUFFERING WIFE": MRS.SABURI (PETER'S WIFE) 219
4.2.2.4. THE AIDS VICTIM: PETER 220
4.2.3. 'MODERN' STEREOTYPES: THE WESTERN DOCTOR 221
4.2.4. 'TRADITIONAL' STEREOTYPES 223
4.2.4.1. THE STUPID VILLAGER: MR.SABURI (PETER'S FATHER) 224
4.2.4.2. THE WITCHDOCTOR 229
4.2.5. SONG AND DANCE FXF
4.2.6. AUDIENCE-RELATED CHANGES IN THE PERFORMANCE ON THE COMMERCIAL
FARM 233
4.2.7. THE MESSAGE 235
5. "BLACK HISTORY ON A WHITE STAGE":
MHONDORO BY THE HARARE REPERTORY PLAYERS (REPS)
5.1. PERFORMANCE CONTEXT
5.1.1. REPS: REPERTOIRE, VENUE AND AUDIENCE
5.1.2. HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND OF MHONDORO
5.1.3. THE PLAY
5.1.4. AUTHENTICITY OF EVENTS INON
5.1.5. REDEFINING BLACK HISTORY IN ZIMBABWEAN ART AND LITERATURE AFTER
1980
238
241
243
246
247
5.2. THE PERFORMANCE
251
5.2.1. THE SILENCING OF A PEOPLE
251
5.2.1.1. CHIMURENGA I
5.2.1.2. THE COURT BATTLE
5.2.1.3. THE BATTLE FOR NEHANDA'S SOUL
5.2.1.4. THE EXECUTION
252
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262
267
5.2.2. THE IMMORTAL NEHANDA .
5.2.3. HISTORY AND HEROISM: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON
THE TRIAL OFDEDAN KIMATTU
5.3. CONCLUDING REMARKS
6. CONCLUSION: POPULAR TENDENCIES IN URBAN ZIMBABWEAN THEATRE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PERIODICALS AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS
267
269
272
274
284
306
ABBREVIATIONS
308
ANNEX
309
INFORMANTS / INTERVIEWS
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
309
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